On 9/8/17 7:08 AM, ael wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:31:37PM -0600, Mike Thompson wrote: >> User Raymo853 and I are having a friendly discussion on changeset >> 50470413[1]. He has been adding the elevation of mountain peaks (in feet) >> to the name tag. For example, he changed "Crown Point" to "Crown Point >> 11,463 ft."[2] While the wiki doesn't specifically address the issue of >> elevation as part of a peak name, it does say "Name is the name only"[3]. >> >> Could we get feedback from the wider community on this? > +10 for elevation only in the ele tag. > > As surveying improves or plate tectonics changes, it would be ridiculous > to change the name rather than just the elevation. adding the elevation to the name tag makes life far more difficult for data consumers. don't do it.
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